Ted Cruz: “Deaths from drug overdose down 20%.”

“I think what we've achieved the last year, illegal border crossings down 99%, the murder rate down 20%, Deaths from drug overdose down 20%. the biggest tax cut in American history. On foreign policy, we could see new governments in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba all this year. I mean, these are truly historic moments.” (28:32–28:35)

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